diff --git a/mail-filter/spamassassin/files/4.0.1-tests-sa_txrep.t-no-dbm.patch b/mail-filter/spamassassin/files/4.0.1-tests-sa_txrep.t-no-dbm.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..6d6b4dd9a0249
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mail-filter/spamassassin/files/4.0.1-tests-sa_txrep.t-no-dbm.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+https://bugs.gentoo.org/933406
+--- a/t/sa_txrep.t
++++ b/t/sa_txrep.t
+@@ -4,7 +4,11 @@ use lib '.'; use lib 't';
+ use SATest; sa_t_init("sa_txrep");
+ 
+ 
+-use Test::More tests => 8;
++use Test::More;
++
++my @dbmods = grep eval "require $_", ('DB_File', 'GDBM_File', 'SDBM_File');
++plan skip_all => "No db module is available" unless @dbmods;
++plan tests => 8;
+ 
+ # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ 
diff --git a/mail-filter/spamassassin/spamassassin-4.0.1.ebuild b/mail-filter/spamassassin/spamassassin-4.0.1.ebuild
index d778722d02cce..4e04f9b1ff8d1 100644
--- a/mail-filter/spamassassin/spamassassin-4.0.1.ebuild
+++ b/mail-filter/spamassassin/spamassassin-4.0.1.ebuild
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ VERIFY_SIG_OPENPGP_KEY_PATH=/usr/share/openpgp-keys/spamassassin.apache.org.asc
 PATCHES=(
 	"${FILESDIR}/mention-geoip.cf-in-init.pre.patch"
 	"${FILESDIR}/4.0.0-tests-dnsbl_subtests.t_001_load-URIDNSBL.patch"
+	"${FILESDIR}/4.0.1-tests-sa_txrep.t-no-dbm.patch"
 )
 
 # There are a few renames and use-dependent ones in src_install as well.